Worldwide Wednesday: The 25 Hottest Canadian Women

Here at Complex, we celebrate Canada Day (which is actually July 1). How does one celebrate Canada Day, you ask? Does one have a BBQ and light fireworks? Does one sit around and recount the greatness of Canadian history over tea and maple syrup? Not us. We're celebrating the only way we know how: with Canadian girls. A lot of them.

We don't mean to brag or anything, but this fiesta's gonna be poppin.' We're counting down the 25 hottest Canadian girls past and present and you're all invited. Peep the True North's finest by clicking on that little arrow in the top right...

Hometown: Ladysmith

Claim to fame: Umm, where to start? She's the reason we still have our old Baywatch DVDs in heavy rotation, and the reason that we actually watched a sex tape that involved Tommy Lee. Pam's looks might have fallen off as of late, but no one came close to her in her heyday. Pay homage to the legend.

Hometown: West Vancouver

Claim to fame: Online poker became a lot more fun when Serinda became the the spokeswoman for the popular gaming site Absolute Poker, and besides her dabbling in e-gaming she also appeared twice on Smallville last year. Very successful acting career? Not so much, but sometimes it's all about the looks.

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: You might have seen her on the show Popular, a cheesy WB high-school dramedy that landed her a nomination at the Teen Choice Awards a decade ago, but did you know she also starred in a lesbian-centric comedy called the Itty Bitty Titty Committee? Was she a member of the titular association? Are we so immature that we make jokes using the word "titular"? Yes and yes.

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: This new generation 90210 hottie puts Tori Spelling (and the rest of 90210's O.G cast) to shame, and before she played Annie Wilson, she played the character of Darcy Edwards on Degrassi: The Next Generation. Remember? The show that the singing rapper was from?

Hometown: St. Catharines

Claim to fame: Like Jay-Z, Linda Evangelista gets better over time. The 45-year-old Italian-Canadian model was still inking deals with Prada in 2008. When she was really getting it in on the modeling tip, Linda was once quoted as saying "we don't wake up for less than $10,000 a day." QUEEN.

Hometown: Saskatchewan

Claim to fame: Besides being a former Calvin Klein Model, Voth played the character of Jill Valentine in the film adaption for Resident Evil. Not trying to be dicks, but other than that her Wikipedia page/resume is model-thin.

Hometown: Donalda

Claim to fame: This former model is well-known for playing Number Six in Battlestar Galactica, but she's also had roles in Two and a Half Men and CSI, and voiced Veronica Dare in Halo 3: ODST. And then there's the whole posing-nude-in-the-February-'07-issue-of-Playboy thing. *Gets to Googlin'*

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: She cracked Maxim's Hot 100 back in 2002, and throughout her career has played everything from a dominatrix to a bisexual assassin, and was even featured in Marilyn Manson's video for "Tainted Love." Hmmm. We never had a goth, but we heard once you go black (magic) you never go back.

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: Malin was on the Complex radar way before she stole the spotlight in Zack Snyder's film adaption of Watchmen in 2009. In our October issue of 2007, Akerman was featured as the issue's Hot Complex, and we've been believers ever since. This year, look out for her in films like Catch .44 and The Bang Bang Club—the latter of which accurately describes a group we'd like to co-found with her.

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: Emmanuelle has had roles on CSI: New York, Two and a Half Men, and Smallville, and just recently played an FBI agent on the Fox series Human Target. On the movie side, she also starred as Addison in Saw II and Saw IV. In addition to her on-screen roles, she landed the cover of Maxim in 2006, back when people actually read it. No shots—ah, fuck it, yes shots.

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: Hey! No need to be callin' names around here! She's absolutely not the "poor man's Megan Fox" and the fact that she's on 90210 (Brian Austin Green's claim to fame) is pure coincidence. We credit Lowndes' legitimate singing voice and her normal thumbs as her edge against Megan.

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: It can be argued that Alicia Keys' opening act was robbed at the BET Awards, losing four out of four categories she was nominated in. Screw it, at least her debut record (The Bridge) won Best Album at the Eska Music Awards. That's the Polish equivalent of the Grammys, FYI, so it's kind of a big deal. Her music is Krakow!

Hometown: Fort Saskatchewan

Claim to fame: So, the Lost finale was a bit of a letdown that's still producing expert/fanboy analysis all over the web. Throughout the entire series, only one thing was certain: Kate Austen was one real live smokin' hot woman. Or, wait, was she?

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: Is Smallville still on TV? We haven't been keeping up since she left the show for bigger and better things like Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun-Li. We know critics didn't like it, but Street Fighter >> Smallville any day. Hadouken!

Hometown: Kincardine

Claim to fame: We admit we're slightly intimidated by her high-fashion good looks and Victoria's Secret Angel charm. Not to mention that she's one of the most talked-about runway chicks in the fashion industry and one of the most sought-after models in life in general. OK, to be honest, our inadequacy has never been more obvious. *facepalm*

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: As Number Eight in Battlestar Gallactica, Park shares the countdown with fellow Canuck and former castmate Tricia Helfer. But Park has since landed her spaceship elsewhere, scoring a starring role in the upcoming Hawaii 5-0 remake. Goodbye cargo pants, hellllooo no pants! Also: Complex Cover Star!

Hometown: Winnipeg

Claim to fame: She may have graced the big screen back in '94 with her Oscar-winning performance in The Piano, but this Vamp-seducing siren has taken over True Blood on the small screen. Not only does she look good doing it, but her talent again garnered her another prestigious award in 2007; this one was an Emmy, folks. So combine a proven talent, brains, and beauty (and bisexuality!), and we've got ourselves an all-around winner. Spookyyyyy.

Hometown: Sarnia

Claim to fame: We're pretty sure she needs no introduction. You must all be familiar with Ms. Leone's impeccable, award-winning work in the adult entertainment industry. If you're not, that means you need to quit streaming cheap porn and appreciate an actual flick with a little more production value.

Hometown: Vancouver

Claim to fame: After Melrose Place was expectedly cancelled Jessica's career was in limbo for a little bit, but she proved her acting range by scoring a role in next year's third installment of Big Momma's House. Melrose Place to Big Momma's House? We love a chick that can go from Hollywood to the hood.

Hometown: Calgary

Claim to fame: From being the daughter of one of TV's ultimate badasses to being The Girl Next Door, our former cover girl has all the right moves. She can whoop your ass and hold you up at gunpoint or simply knock on your front door and say, "I'm all wet." Whatever you want, Elisha, it's your call.

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: Despite building her rep as the epitome of a video vixen since 1997, Ford admitted in a 2008 CNN interview that music videos, overall, are "demeaning to women." She hasn't been in one since, so thank God for YouTube.

Hometown: Toronto

Claim to fame: With her music reminiscent of a cross between Metric and Hellogoodbye, Valerie Poxleitner's stage name "Lights" is more than perfectly fitting, or so we hear. It's not like we dance around to her electro-pop music in the privacy of our own home with a cute cardboard cut-out of her we made at Kinko's or anything creepy like that.

Hometown: London

Claim to fame: We already have a speech prepared for when we meet her: "Rachel, will you do something for us, please? Just picture your life for us? Thirty years from now, forty years from now, what's it look like? If it's with some other guy, go. We just want you to be happy." OK, so that was straight outta The Notebook (which our girlfriend at the time made us watch). But who's to say it can't work twice?

Hometown: Montreal

Claim to fame: The rising star that is this half-Filipino/half-Dutch beauty is best known as the baddest import chick at auto shows and Hot Import Night events. You've probably also seen her grace the pages of Maxim and AskMen. In other words, she's capitalizing on the fact that she's so hot, which is what every hot girl should be doing.

Hometown: Montreal

Claim to fame: So you might not pronounce her last name correctly the first time, but one look at Emmanuelle Chriqui's unbearable beauty will make you want to punch yourself in the face for desecrating her name. Famously known as "E's girlfriend from Entourage," our Wifey Hall of Famer is a stunner in every way possible, well deserving of #1.